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(11) EP 0 180 969 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.09.1988 Bulletin 1988/38

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.05.1986 Bulletin 1986/20

(21) Application number: 85114088

(22) Date of filing: 05.11.1985
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR IT

(30) Priority: 06.11.1984 JP 23382684

(71) Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
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(72) Inventor:
  • Yoshida, Yasuharu
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(54) Automatic level control circuit for an AD converter


(57) The invention relates to an automatic level control circuit comprising an analog-to-digital (AD) converter (4) for discriminating an input signal with respect to a plurality of reference levels to produce a decoded digital signal and an error digital signal, and a reference voltage generator (6) responsive to said decoded digital signal and said error digital signal for providing a reference voltage to said A4 converter (4), said reference levels being controlled to optimum ones responsive to a variation in the level of said input signal. The circuit is practable and simple in construction. (Fig. 3).







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